NAIROBI Senator Mike Sonko’s estranged wife Josephine Thuku has rejected DNA test results presented in court and
asked that another test be done. The tests undertaken by government analyst George Ogunda on September 30 indicate that Sonko is the
biological father of her first child but not of her second.
The tests indicate that the two children are biologically related. Thuku had claimed Sonko is the biological father of the two children. The senator had said he is the father of the first-born but denied paternity of the second child. Yesterday, Thuku rejected the DNA tests results, saying Sonko picked the children up from school and went to a private house with the unidentified doctor where only one child was examined.
Thuku’s lawyer Leonard Shimaka said another DNA test should be undertaken at PathCare Hospital in Mombasa for the best interests of the children. “The results will come direct to the court and not to either party in 21 days,†he said.
Thuku asked the court to compel Sonko to continue providing monthly shopping facilities for the two children at a cost of Sh15,000 at Nakumatt Ukunda.
Sonko’s lawyer Lydia Kwamboka denied claims that the senator took the children to a hotel for DNA test. She said he took them to a hotel to make them comfortable. Kwamboka said Sonko is ready to take another DNA test. Sonko has said that even if the DNA results prove he is not
the biological father of the second child, he will continue to provide for the child. In the case, Thuku wants Sonko to pay Sh140,000 monthly maintenance for the two children. The hearing will be on December 17.